A*mate" (#), v. t. [OF. amater, amatir.]
To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
[Obs. or Archaic]
The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true.
Milton.
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A*mate", v. t. [Pref. a- + mate.]
To be a mate to; to match.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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